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In Reply to: RE: "You have not published one single critical report of MQA." posted by Isaak J. Garvey on April 06, 2017 at 09:55:04
What 'stock' are you talking about ? As far as I can tell, Stereophile did their job and reported on a new audio format. As they reported on HDCD, SACD and DVD-A.For hyperbole, it was Robert Harley of The Absolute Sound, not Mr. Atkinson, who made the reader think this was the second coming. Read Harley's editorials (and reports) on MQA and see how different they are from John A's.
We got burned from audio formats (with the three I mentioned), and this could be the source of the suspicion over MQA. Were these formats truly better-sounding than CD ? Then with hi-rez downloads, the same question but with the added problem of mastering provenance.
Some audio writers are still lampooning SACD and hi-rez downloads. Anthony Cordesman of The Absolute Sound called these "expensive frauds" at the end of 2015, in one of his product reviews.
It's not just MQA, it's any format that claims better sound but doesn't deliver...
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